Apple’s “Pirates Of Silicon Valley” Flag Gets Rehoisted

Susan Kare was the art director who developed much of imageryy used in the initial Macintosh launch (the geisha, the bomb icon etc.) She was also a Pirate… the Mac team hung the Jolly Roger in their lobby.

Captain Jack Sparrow would have loved this group.

The story here is that Kare was contacted by a new Apple employee who wanted a flag for his cube explaining that “he didn’t come to Apple to join the Navy.” Oh well, bad timing – that was Apple Computer…

Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the Mac aficionado? There is a nice collection of her “fat bits” work available on her website.